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NVK: The History of Coinkite, Moscow Time & Making Dope AF Bitcoin Products May 31, 2021

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NVK is the Co-Founder & CEO of Coinkite, the company behind uber-popular Bitcoin hardware products like the Coldcard, OpenDime, BlockClock & several other dope ass pieces of hardware that allow users to engage in Bitcoin safely & conveniently.

We discuss:

- The origins of Coinkite, Coldcard Wallet, Opendime & the BlockClock Mini

- How Bitcoin products are pinatas for security

- What sets the Coldcard Wallet apart

- Common errors, misconceptions & advice around Bitcoin security

- & more

Phil Gibson: The Sound Money Music Revolution, End the Fed & Economic Earworms May 29, 2021

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In this wide-ranging chat with Phil Gibson aka Mr Pseu the host of podcast A Boy Named Pseu, we wax philosophically about music, culture & freedom in society today, our love for musical earworms, music as a universal language, his Bitcoin rabbit hole story & how Bitcoin is a beautiful & poetic response to the 2008 crisis & not just a random occurence & so much more in this free-flowing conversation I had with one of the freshest & dopest Bitcoiners around.

Brady Swenson: Citizen Bitcoin, Hodl Fomo & the Bitcoin Renaissance May 26, 2021

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In this engaging conversation, Brady Swenson the Head of Education at Swan Bitcoin & fellow Bitcoin podcaster joins me to discuss:

- The significance of Satoshi's disappearance

- Bitcoin as pushback against fiat

- How civilization doesn't work without money

- Lessons learned from the Roman Empire

- Bitcoin as the future foundation for the empowerment of individual expression

- His experience in the Peace Corps, starting Citizen Bitcoin, joining Swan & his rabbit hole story

- & more

David Bailey: Transforming Society For A Millenium May 24, 2021

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In this deep & wide ranging chat, David Bailey the CEO of Bitcoin Magazine & I discuss going from a hodler to a builder, what keeps him up at night, challenges that force you to figure out who you are, the Bitcoin 2021 conference, piles of Venezuelan cash to take home, Sumo wrestling for Taproot activation, his rabbit hole story, replacing the monetary system with one that is free & open to all, transforming society for a millenium, how revolutions don't pause for a pandemic & so much more.

Flip Abignale: An Exciting Day In Bitcoin, $10K Candles & Technology Enabled Freedom May 20, 2021

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In this fresh & timely chat, Flip from Bitcoin Magazine & I discuss:

- A very exciting day in Bitcoin, $10k candles & Elon Musk

- Bitcoin 2021 FOMO, surprises & anticipation

- Bitcoin as a ubiquitous data layer

- Proof of existence, decentralized identity & sparse data

- How Bitcoin is really a global database for deriving truth

- Working at a media company squarely in the middle of a financial revolution

- His rabbit hole story & how Bitcoin made him think deeply about freedom

Mir Liponi: The Godmother of Italy's Bitcoin Community May 19, 2021

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In this insightful & endearing conversation with Mir Liponi, the Godmother of Italy's Bitcoin Community, co-founder of the BHB Network & former CEO of Satoshi Design, we discuss her article Bitcoin & Motherhood, the history of the Bitcoin scene in Europe, the Milan Protocol, always doing the best thing for Bitcoin, how Bitcoin is for normal people & what a better future for our children in a Bitcoin world would look like.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Jameson Lopp & Nick Neuman: Bitcoin Key Management & Security May 18, 2021

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Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp, CEO & CTO of Casa join me to talk about the world of multi-signature, hardware wallets, personal security & more.

We discuss:

- The dos & don'ts of Bitcoin key management & security

- The differences between wallet types

- The spectrum of security options

- The tradeoffs between security & convenience

- Hardware wallets, paper wallets, multi-sig, seeds vs seedless, decoy wallets, honeypots & the $5 wrench attack

- How Casa secures your bitcoin

- & more

Justin Rhedrick: No Excuses May 17, 2021

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Justin Rhedrick is best known as the Bitcoin Vegan & a Bitcoin Educator. After getting released from prison, Justin was tired of running the rat race, the seemingly never-ending paycheck to paycheck cycle & that’s when he decided to learn about Bitcoin.

We discuss:

- His opportunities & plans coming out of prison

- Breaking cycles

- Mindset of an early adopter

- How to stop caring about obstacles

- Levelling up & staying the course

- How there is no privilege here

- & more

Erik Cason: Truth Not Authority Creates Legitimacy May 08, 2021

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Erik Cason is a crypto-anarchist, makarismos, & iconoclast thinker writing about the social ramifications of bitcoin & the Director of Client Services at Unchained Capital.

We discuss:

- The place of law in society

- Who gets to create the exception

- How Bitcoin creates a new social contract

- The perpetual & exceptional state of emergency since WW2

- Bitcoin as the base layer for a new kind of commonwealth

- The secret nature of the war against you

- Blinding the sovereign

- & so much more

Greg Foss: Bitcoin as Default Insurance on Fiat May 04, 2021

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Greg Foss has over 30 years experience in high-yield credit trading & capital structure arbitrage. We sit down to discuss:

- High yield trading, credit default swaps & Bitcoin as the Anti-Fiat - Why Bitcoin is extremely cheap default insurance & the best asymmetric trade - The wholesale transfer of risk to government - If the next financial crisis is the last - How there is no other buyer of last resort - 2008 GFC, The Big Short, QE, TARP, bailouts, LTCM, CBDCs & pension funds - & so much more

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